iPhone 5s Touch ID fingerprint identity sensor – short video

The iPhone 5s Touch ID sensor sits behind the home button, which is made with sapphire crystal, one of the clearest, hardest material available. Three minutes video:

For the security minded the encrypted and hashed Touch ID fingerprint key only stays on the user’s iPhone 5s. Riccio notes: “It’s never available to other software, it’s never stored on Apple servers or backup to iCloud.”

Not mentioned in video: Traditional fingerprint sensors uses simple swipes, which causes errors due to many different angles the finger can interact with the sensor. The iPhone 5s Touch ID uses a better way.